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. 2020 Dec 8;7:592112. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2020.592112

Table 2.

Reported changes (%) in intake of selected product categories during lockdown, at an overall level as well as by gender and adherence to MedDiet.

All Gendera MEDAS group
Male Female Cramer's V p Low Medium High Cramer's V p
Snacking Lower 10.8 8.5 11.8 0.12 <0.001 9.7 11.4 15.4 0.06 0.004
As before 47.5 56.9 43.6 45.8 48.5 53.8
Higher 41.7 34.6 44.6 44.5 40.1 30.8
Cooking frequency Lower 5.6 5.8 5.6 0.07 0.003 6.9 5.0 0.6 0.06 <0.001
As before 64.5 69.2 62.5 65.5 63.9 60.4
Higher 29.9 25.0 31.9 27.6 31.2 39.1
Eating more in general No 57.2 65.0 54.0 0.10 <0.001 54.0 59.6 65.7 0.07 0.002
Yes 42.8 35.0 46.0 46.0 40.4 34.3
Physical activity Not active 2.3 2.5 2.2 0.04 0.166 3.4 1.0 2.4 0.08 <0.001
Lower 47.7 45.6 48.6 49.8 46.6 39.1
As before 21.0 23.7 19.8 20.3 20.3 29.6
Higher 29.0 28.1 29.3 26.4 32.1 29.0
Weight gain Yes 28.4 23.3 30.5 0.07 <0.001 31.6 25.6 21.9 0.07 <0.001
No 49.4 57.3 46.2 45.0 53.0 59.2
Don't know 22.2 19.4 23.4 23.4 21.4 18.9

Differences between gender and MEDAS groups were assessed by Pearson's χ2 test. Associated effect sizes (Cramer's V) and p-values are reported. Significant p-values (<0.05) are italicized.

a

The four respondents who did not identify as either male or female (cf., Table 1) are not included in this analysis.